Kruse Surname
Approximately 93,933 people bear this surname
Kruse Surname Definition:
(German) The curly-haired man.
Kruse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 53,466 | 1:1,506 | 118 |
| United States | 28,860 | 1:12,559 | 1,561 |
| Denmark | 3,749 | 1:1,506 | 96 |
| Sweden | 961 | 1:10,246 | 905 |
| Australia | 905 | 1:29,830 | 4,004 |
| Samoa | 893 | 1:217 | 29 |
| Canada | 882 | 1:41,775 | 5,195 |
| Netherlands | 857 | 1:19,705 | 3,099 |
| Norway | 463 | 1:11,106 | 1,238 |
| Argentina | 375 | 1:113,982 | 9,603 |
| Brazil | 359 | 1:596,307 | 22,253 |
| South Africa | 347 | 1:156,132 | 17,639 |
| England | 278 | 1:200,425 | 17,512 |
| Switzerland | 167 | 1:49,179 | 6,559 |
| Greenland | 151 | 1:373 | 70 |
| New Zealand | 145 | 1:31,230 | 5,420 |
| France | 133 | 1:499,419 | 69,818 |
| Thailand | 92 | 1:767,808 | 125,203 |
| Faroe Islands | 84 | 1:583 | 85 |
| Spain | 75 | 1:623,360 | 28,648 |
| Austria | 70 | 1:121,649 | 16,953 |
| Estonia | 58 | 1:22,790 | 4,104 |
| American Samoa | 52 | 1:1,072 | 148 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Philippines | 36 | 1:2,812,173 | 137,318 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| Costa Rica | 28 | 1:170,717 | 2,334 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Italy | 26 | 1:2,352,180 | 93,058 |
| Finland | 25 | 1:219,868 | 18,073 |
| Chile | 25 | 1:704,659 | 16,160 |
| Luxembourg | 23 | 1:25,241 | 4,722 |
| Greece | 23 | 1:481,730 | 61,288 |
| Mexico | 22 | 1:5,642,100 | 30,806 |
| Uruguay | 19 | 1:180,619 | 14,948 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Ecuador | 10 | 1:1,590,585 | 18,674 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Liechtenstein | 9 | 1:4,264 | 487 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Serbia | 4 | 1:1,786,237 | 30,138 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 82 | 1:297,261 | 20,172 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,094 | 1:16,231 | 2,065 |
The alternate forms: Krüse (50) are calculated separately.
Kruse (110) may also be a first name.
Kruse Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) The curly-haired man.
Kruse Demographics
Average Male Kruse Height
178.58 cm
Average Female Kruse Height
162.28 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kruse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kruse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kruse (Marathi: कसे, Russian: Крусе) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also occur as: Krüse. For other potential spellings of Kruse click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kruse? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,008th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 77,582 people. The surname Kruse is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Kruse live; 58 percent live in Western Europe and 58 percent live in Germanic Europe. Kruse is also the 895,203rd most numerous first name worldwide, held by 110 people.
The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 53,466 people, or 1 in 1,506. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 30 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 18 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name is found in 93 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent are found and Denmark, where 4 percent are found.
Kruse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kruse has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kruse surname rose 933 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 339 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 750 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kruse Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Kruse surname are 21.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.44% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kruse earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 45.69% less than the national average, earning €16,310 per year; in Norway they earn 5.87% less than the national average, earning 325,759 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 68.55% more than the national average, earning R 400,548 per year; in United States they earn 4.83% more than the national average, earning $45,233 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.9% more than the national average, earning $52,118 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kruse Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kruse in the Marathi language | ||
| कसे | kase | - |
| Kruse in the Russian language | ||
| Крусе | kruse | - |
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Kruse Reference & Research
Kruse Family from Mecklenburg-Schwerin Germany - Kruse from old Mecklenburg near Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Settled in Chicago, Belle Plaine, WI, Rochester, NY.
Kraus FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Kraus FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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